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I'm new to python and trying to update someone else's code.

I need to pull a list of Sources (branches) from Bitbucket to allow user selection from that list. The existing code successfully used URL requests to retrieve lists from Bitbucket for both Projects and Repositories but I can't find a way to access the Source location to change from the default "Master" to a user selected branch. For reference, this excerpt of code worked to extract the Repositories information:

@app.route("/initial3" , methods=['GET', 'POST'])
def initial3():
    selected_git_project = str(request.form.get('git_project'))
    selected_git_repository = str(request.form.get('git_information'))
    #checkbox_all_selection = str(request.form.get('checkbox_all'))
    confluence_information = [str(request.form.get('confluence_information'))]
    selected_page = request.form.get('page_id')
    returnlistsearch = []
    url = 'https://git.ourcompanyname.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/'+selected_git_project+'/repos/'+selected_git_repository+'/files?limit=1000'
    resources_json = requests.get(url, auth=(git_user, git_password)).json()
    resources_json_dump = (json.dumps(resources_json, indent=4, sort_keys=False))
    decoded = json.loads(resources_json_dump)
    for x in decoded['values']:
        if '.robot' in x:
            location=os.path.dirname(x)
            if location!='':
                returnlistsearch.append(location)
    returnlistsearch =remove_duplicated(returnlistsearch)
    return render_template('initial3.html',git_repository=selected_git_repository,git_project=selected_git_project ,git_information=returnlistsearch)

I thought I could reuse the same code but with a modified URL (some references on docs.atlassian seemed to indicate that would work): 

url = 'https://git.ourcompanyname.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/'+selected_git_project+'/repos/'+selected_git_repository+'/files?limit=1000'

Any suggestions would be much appreciated - My first look EVER at python was two days ago.

DWNewbie
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If you don't have to do it through http requests, I would recommend using GitPython library. You can use it to access any repository.

Here is the tutorial, how to use it.

Michalos88
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  • I really need to just build on the existing code which does rely on the http requests. – DWNewbie Aug 16 '18 at 01:06
  • If you don't want to use GitPython library. You can check out how it's built and mimic the approach. `https://github.com/gitpython-developers/GitPython` or explore Bitbucket API. Hopefully someone else will have a more specific answer. – Michalos88 Aug 17 '18 at 15:31
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After significant trial and error I've discovered the syntax that works. The branch reference is applied at the end of the HTTP request.

Retrieve the branch information:

url = 'https://git.ourcompanyname.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/'+project+'/repos/'+repository+'/files?limit=10000&at='+branch

Retrieve the list of files within the branch:

url2 = 'https://git.ourcompanyname.com/rest/api/1.0/projects/'+project+'/repos/'+repository+'/browse/' + results + '?at='+branch
DWNewbie
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